Lecture 2/3: Frankenstein: Ballet & Literature - Ballet’s First Homosexual Pas de Deux & Death3/22/2024 *Trigger Warning: 5:28-5:33 (Gun sound & Suicide)* The Creature says, “No sympathy may I ever find. When I first sought it, it was the love of virtue, the feelings of happiness and affection with which my whole being overflowed, that I wished to be participated. But now, that virtue has become to me a shadow, and that happiness and affection are turned into bitter and loathing despair, in what should I seek for sympathy?” (166), just moments before his death. In the novel, the reader is able to solidify the malice and evil that the Creature has committed himself to, sending the reader to view the Creature as the monster that he literally portrays. In reading the novel, the reader does get an understanding of the Creature’s child-likeness, as well as how he is also a victim in this story. However, in the ballet this interpretation is taken to another level… The ballet’s ideology, which is an exact mirror of Scarlett’s ideology, comes clear in the last 6.5 minutes of the entire ballet. While revenge on the Creature’s part happens, it is also shown in relation to his deep regrets and sadness, whereas the Creature’s character in the novel comes across as more strong and resilient in the end, claiming that sympathy is not needed. In this lecture, I discuss these themes stated here, as well as how the movement literally represents Victor and the Creature’s similarities to one another, despite their reciprocal hatred that the novel illustrates, as well as the significance of the last scenes including ballet’s first ever homosexual pas de deux.
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